Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 11, § 2165.4. Eligibility for retirement

A. A member upon withdrawal from service shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance which shall begin as of the date specified by the member in his application for the allowance but in no event before withdrawal from service if he has:

B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to his attaining the age of sixty-two years, who shall have completed more than ten years of creditable service and shall not have received a refund of his accumulated contributions shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance beginning upon his attaining the age of sixty-two years of the amount earned and accrued at the date of withdrawal from service; provided that such benefits shall begin at age sixty if he has twenty or more years of creditable service; provided further that such benefits shall begin at age fifty-five if he has thirty or more years of creditable service.